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11/13/2008, 07:53 AM
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Crab id please
Hi, I Have pulled this crab out last night, i have had him for about a year. Started of about the size of a penny now he's 3-4" in size.
I added a clam last saturday and by sunday morning he was eaten, i have x2 clowns x1 chromis and x1 regal so i dont think they are responsible , in the last few months i have lost x2 firefish and x1 mandarin and a good few snails. Hopefully this guy is the culprit, any help would be much appreciated. thanks http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...Picture007.jpg http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t=IMG00122.jpg The other pic is also a hitchhiker, i think it may be a chiton but not too sure
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11/13/2008, 08:59 AM
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I'm going to tag along because I have a similar looking crab. He's white with black tipped claws. I haven't been able to ID him as well, but I feed him occasionally to keep him happy and passive. He stays hidden most of the time.
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11/13/2008, 09:06 AM
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Black tipped claws = bad crab
I don't know for sure what that one is but I do know that black claws is supposed to be a bad thing
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11/13/2008, 11:49 AM
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Not sure on the crab, but the other hitchhiker does look like a chiton to me. Chiton's are reef safe. Here's mine:
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11/13/2008, 12:03 PM
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Pointy tipped crabs usually also mean bad crab, I would probably play it safe and keep it out of the display.
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11/13/2008, 12:31 PM
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Do you have a sump that you could banish him to?
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11/13/2008, 03:56 PM
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Gorilla crabs have black tip claws and are BAD...they look hairy as they get bigger...hard to tell in your picture...
This thread has the greatest of all time picture of a gorilla crab...scroll down and you will see exactly what I am talking about. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...t=gorilla+crab These boogers are a PITA:
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11/13/2008, 04:12 PM
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That looks very much like the one we had to remove. They're vicious.
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11/13/2008, 04:50 PM
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Black tipped parasitic crabs are probably bad. I'd remove him.
Chitons are very good! I love my chitons! Great for the sandbed too. |
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11/14/2008, 04:55 AM
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Thanks for the responses everyone, i think looking at the other thread that it could well be a Gorilla crab, i put him in my smaller tank the other day at my office and i now have a missing fish there. He's on death row at the moment although i would like to keep him in his own tank.
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11/14/2008, 07:49 PM
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Agree with all of the above - remove the crab asap.
Chitons will mow down algae, but I've seen them eat coralline too. May or may not be a big deal to some. Just fyi.
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